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By Ronald Musoke A high level oil and gas conference is scheduled to take place in Arusha early next month according to information from the East African Community Secretariat. The conference will be the sixth since the region’s oil and gas profile gained international approval. Caleb Nyamajeje Weggoro, the East …

By Ronald Musoke The massacre of African elephants that have been going on in Africa for decades and have escalated to record levels over the last 30 years have been linked to religious practices on the Asian continent. This alarming rate, according to the Society for Conservation Biology—a global community …

By Ronald Musoke A new study released this month by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has noted that one third or over 30% of the food produced around the world for human consumption every year –approximately 1.3 billion tonnes—gets lost or wasted. Interestingly, food wastage and loss is …

By Ronald Musoke Multichoice, the South-Africa-based digital broadcasting company has today (Jan.23) announced that applications for the eighth season of Big Brother Africa, the continent’s biggest reality television show are now open. The winner of this year’s show stands to win up to US $ 300,000. Entries are officially open …

By Ronald Musoke & Agencies Russia is planning to enact an even tougher Anti-homosexuality law than Uganda’s to protect young Russians. The legislation which is being pushed by the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church will make it illegal nationwide to provide young children with information that is defined as …

By Ronald Musoke The latest report by the UN’s labour agency, the International Labour Organization (ILO), has noted that global unemployment rose in 2012 with the world’s youth being the most vulnerable to the growing job scarcity. In its annual ‘Global Employment Trends’ report, released on Jan.21, ILO noted that …

By Ronald Musoke The Minister of Information, Mary Karooro Okurut has announced that Jan.30 will be a public holiday to allow Ugandans celebrate the 27th anniversary of the NRA/NRM liberation day which was uncharacteristically postponed from its official date of Jan.26. Speaking to journalists today (Jan.22) in Kampala, Karooro-Okurut said …

By Ronald Musoke The joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, has today launched a two-week online discussion (eDiscussion) to foster debate of how to tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic after 2015. The thematic consultation is an open and inclusive online discussion targeting individuals, members of civil society, the academia, governments and …

By Ronald Musoke Although, Mike Mukula, the Soroti Municipality MP’s conviction and sentence on Jan. 18 has been hailed by government as a step forward in the fight against corruption, his sentence has equally sparked off debate among Ugandans. Mukula was last Friday (Jan. 18) found guilty by the Anti-Corruption …

By Ronald Musoke The Global Fund that delivers money around the world to prevent and treat AIDS, TB and Malaria disbursed about US $ 3.3b (Ushs 8.25 trillion) last year according to preliminary estimates of the Fund’s unaudited accounts, a statement from the fund says. Although this was 26 percent …